LIBRARIES - CANDIDA HOFFER |
Friday, 15 September 2006 |

The newest offering from Thames and Hudson has
an unexpected literary edge. The book is a photographic portfolio of
the world's most magnificent libraries. Before you start snoring, we're
not just talking about your school library, we're talking
about true cathedrals of knowledge housed in some of the globe's most
stunning period buildings, absolute architectural landmarks in their
own rights. Libraries featured include the British
Library in
London, the Escorial in Spain, the Whitney Museum and the Pierpont
Morgan Library in New York, the Bibliotheque nationale de France in
Paris, the villa Medici in Rome and the Hamburg University Library,
among others. by Billy T Also, check out Kids Republic

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